[osis-core] OSIS work regex

[Todd Tillinghast]

As a convention "_" is usually the alternative to mixed case
(globalAttributes vs global_attributes), while "." is usually for
delimiting unique parts (www.yahoo.com vs www_yahoo_com).

I like "." as a delimiter much better than "_".  It is also more likely
to have an "_" in a name than a ".".  

Todd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:owner-osis-
> core@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Durusau
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 7:30 AM
> To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
> Subject: Re: [osis-core] OSIS work regex
> 
> Harry,
> 
> Harry Plantinga wrote:
> 
> >If schema RegExps behave as they do in Perl, the ? is superfluous.
> >Perhaps
> >
> >  [\L\N][\.\L\N]*
> >
> Unfortunately, XML Schemas are deliberately inconsistent with
customary
> regex expressions. Well, the "?" operator is familiar from SGML DTD
> syntax but the use of "^" as negation, for example, is contrary to its
> usual role as an anchor (the reasoning being that in XML Schemas,
> matches are always anchored at the start of the line. no sure why that
> justifies being inconsistent but there you have it)
> 
> >
> >The underscore character (_) is pretty commonly used in names and may
be
> >present in documents converted to OSIS. I can't see that it would do
any
> >harm. Could it be included?  Perhaps
> >
> > [\L\N_][\.\L\N_]*
> >
> Actually I think:
> 
> (\p{L}\p{N}_)((\.(\p{L}\p{N}_)*)
> 
> (untested)
> 
> Steve: comments on adding the underscore?
> 
> Patrick
> 
> >
> >-Harry
> >
> >----------------------------------
> >For the work portion:
> >
> ><xs:pattern value = "([\L\N\.]([\L\N\.]*)?)" />
> >
> >By which I am trying to say, any letter or number combination,
followed
> >by a period is complusory, followed by any number of optional
> >letter/number combinations that also end in a period (periods,
hyphens,
> >etc., being excluded from the work name).
> >
> 
> --
> Patrick Durusau
> Director of Research and Development
> Society of Biblical Literature
> pdurusau@emory.edu
> 
>